The Via Francigena in Tuscany

From Canterbury to Rome: the Via Francigena

The Via Francigena is one of the most famous roads travelled by european pilgrims during the middle age. We have news of ths road since the end of the tenth century thanks to the route described by Sigeric the Serious, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The british bishop noted in his diary the way back from Rome to Canterbury. In this diary, now preserved in the British Museum, we can find the description of 79 stages through Italy, Switzerland and France.

The tuscan Stages as described by Sigeric are: San Quirico d’Orcia, Siena, San Gimignano, San Genesio, the bridge on Arno river near Fucecchio, Porcari, Lucca, Camaiore, Luni, Santo Stefano Magra, Aulla and Pontremoli.

After him, many other pilgrims described their journey along he Via Francigena, or Romea. Some of them described a series of stages partly discordant with those of sigeric.

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